Dr. Mathilde Erfurt
![]() | Dr. Mathilde ErfurtDepartment of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis phone: + 49 761 203-3745 |
Research Interests
Geographer and hydrologist working on natural hazards with a focus on past droughts and drought impacts in Germany and in the Alpine region. Interested in statistical analysis and data visualizations in R.
curriculum vitae
Since 07/2021 | Research associate at the Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg | |
2020-2021 | Research associate at the chair of Environmental Hydrological Systems, University of Freiburg in the research project Alpine Drought Observatory (ADO) | |
2019-2021 | Scholarship holder: Foundation of German Business (SDW) | |
2018-2021 | PhD student, University of Freiburg | |
2017-2019
| Research associate at Chair of Physical Geography, University of Freiburg in the research project 'Drier' |
2013-2017 | Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Physical Geography, University of Freiburg | |
2014-2017 | M.Sc. in Geography and Global Change at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg | |
2013, 2014, 2015
2010-2014
| Altogether seven months of internship in different facilities: German Aerospace Center (German Aerospace Center, DLR); Erasmus Placement at the Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione E. Mach (FEM), Italy; State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, LUBW) B.Sc. in Geography and Environmental Hydrology at Ruprecht-Karls-University and Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
Publications and Journal Articles
Journal Articles:
- Erfurt M, Skiadaresis G, Tijdeman E, Blauhut V, Bauhus J, Glaser R, Schwarz J, Tegel W, Stahl K: A multidisciplinary drought catalog for southwestern Germany dating back to 1801 Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. , 2020; 20 (11): 2979-2995: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2979-2020
- Erfurt M, Glaser R, Blauhut V: Changing impacts and societal responses to drought in southwestern Germany since 1800 Regional Environmental Change , 2019: 1-13: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01522-7
- Stephan, R.; Erfurt, M.; Terzi, S.; Žun, M.; Kristan, B.; Haslinger, K.; Stahl, K. (2021): An inventory of Alpine drought impact reports to explore past droughts in a mountain region. In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 21 (8), S. 2485-2501. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2485-2021
Book Chapters:
- Glaser R, Erfurt M: Drought as a global phenomenon. In: Gebhardt, H., Glaser, R., Radtke, U., Reuber, P., and Vött, A. (Eds.): Geographie: Physische Geographie und Humangeographie Springer , 2020
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